22 July 2011

Lucian Freud was born in Berlin on December 8, 1922. He was the gransdon of Sigmund Freud. When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 the family moved to London. He was a self-proclaimed bad boy and at 17 he was associating with influential British avant-garde gay peers, including Stephen Spender,Cyril Connolly, and Peter Watson Freud professed the importance of homosexuality and counter-culturalism in all art. After mishaps at art school and in the merchant navy he survived the war and began his quest to paint the ultimate and true portrait.

A Quote :- "It is said that the intensely heterosexual Lucian Freud only uses gay men for his male nudes and his representations of the male form are more sympathetic and sensitive than those of his females."

Most famous for his honest Female nudes, one of his favourite subjects after meeting in 1990 was the notorious and large fleshy Leigh Bowery the Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Freud stated "I found him perfectly beautiful,"

Pepi and I want to share some cultural interests. Pepi is my fabulous singing dog. He takes his name from Pharaoh Pepi II who Ruled Egypt from the age of 6 to 100 around 2200 BCE. I began this blog to share with you the many and varied things I do, study or admire. I am gay and I suspect my dog may be as well, so the content here is what appeals to me and has a slant towards gay artists and history, but not exclusively. My previous sites attracted a couple of million visitors, hundreds of whom wrote to me. I hope you enjoy your visits. The content of this site is also illustrated with a lot of my photography and extracts from my writings. I do add to and revise old posts from time to time.